_ Drug UsePlastic Surgeons and the Painkiller Crisis By Jane Farrell articlePlastic surgeons are playing a part in the ongoing opioid epidemic and need to change some practices with patients, according to … Read More→
_ FallsHow Health-Care Practitioners Can Help Patients Avoid Falls By Jane Farrell articleEditor’s note: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2.8 million elderly people are treated annually in emergency … Read More→
_ DiabetesA New Way to Help Diabetes Patients By Jane Farrell articleResearchers have developed a method of identifying those diabetes patients who are at most risk for being admitted to an … Read More→
_ Medical ProceduresPhysicians, Health Care Workers and Hand Hygiene By Jane Farrell articlePatients who have a new tool to ask physicians about their hand hygiene feel more empowered to do so, researchers … Read More→
_ StrokeWhy Some Stroke Survivors Won't Take Statins By Jane Farrell articleStroke survivors often steer clear of statins because of negative news about the medicines’ side effects, and because of their … Read More→
_ At-Home Dementia Patients Can Face Risk in Using Antipsychotic Meds By Jane Farrell article“Off-label” use of antipsychotic medications to treat patients with dementia has been reduced dramatically in recent years due to education … Read More→
_ Breast CancerEarly Stage Breast-Cancer Patients May Be Getting Too Many Tests By Jane Farrell articleAsymptomatic women who have been treated for early-stage breast cancer often undergo advanced imaging and other tests that provide little … Read More→
_ Medical ProceduresHospitals and Data Breaches By Jane Farrell articlePeople who are hospitalized have many things to worry about besides a personal data breach, yet this is happening at … Read More→
_ Mind & Body WellnessMusic Therapy Eases Pain of Spinal-Surgery Patients By Jane Farrell articleMusic therapy has been found to decrease pain in patients recovering from spine surgery, compared to a control group of … Read More→
_ Medical CareA New Approach to Giving Penicillins By Jane Farrell articleMassachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) investigators have developed two approaches to increasing the use of … Read More→
_ Medical CareUltraviolet Light Helps Battle Superbugs By Jane Farrell articleUltraviolet light could help in keeping drug-resistant bacteria from lingering in patients’ rooms and causing new infections, researchers say The … Read More→
_ HospitalizationOne Patient's Health Crisis Can Negatively Affect Others By Jane Farrell articleHospital patients can suffer negative health effects if a person in their unit has a crisis such as being transferred … Read More→
_ Respiratory ConditionsVitamin D Can Help Older Patients Fight Respiratory Infections By Jane Farrell articleOlder, long-term care patients can reduce the incidence of acute respiratory illness by taking high doses of vitamin D, according … Read More→
_ Medical CareMany Patients Released before Vital Signs Are Stable By Jane Farrell articleTwenty percent of people hospitalized are released before all vital signs are stable, a pattern that’s been linked to an … Read More→
_ Heart Health HospitalizationIntensive-Care Units May Not Be Best for Some Patients By Jane Farrell articlePatients who suffer heart attacks, or flare-ups of congestive heart failure, can be cared for in a variety of hospital … Read More→
_ Medical Care Medical ProceduresPatients Trust Doctors Who Acknowledge Their Own Bias By Jane Farrell articlePatients tend to trust doctors more if they disclose a bias toward their specialty, research shows. In fact, though, such … Read More→
_ Medical CareDoctors Offer Solutions to Rising Drug Costs By Jane Farrell articleThe American College of Physicians (ACP) today released a new policy paper calling for changes that could slow the rising … Read More→
_ Health Headlines Medical CareRacial Bias May Be Conveyed by Doctors' Body Language By Jane Farrell articleWhen treating seriously ill patients, doctors give less compassionate verbal cues to black patients than to white patients, according to … Read More→